Also I think notably, none of the 'bad diags' in the piece were actually confirmed as to whether they did, in fact, have ADHD.
A daughter diagnosed fast .... well, hypothetically, what if it had been absurdly obvious?
And likewise the reporter. I know he's 'sure' he doesn't have ADHD, but 80% of adults with ADHD don't actually know.
If I asked 4 doctors to diagnose me with something, and 3 said 'yes, you meet the criteria' and the only one that didn't was the one I primed to give me a negative diag... I'm really not sure I'd be trusting that one dissenting view!
If this reporter did, in fact, fill out an ASRS, meeting the DSM-5 ADHD diagnostic criteria, then he has ADHD, and the 'session' is actually more like a formality to assess whether he's right or not, or if there's other explanations.
And if he lied about it.... well, yeah. OK. Defrauding a doctor isn't exactly a 'big win' either, now is it?
Pretty sure he said in either the show or his article that his friends had been suggesting that he might have ADHD for months before he picked up this story.
I saw a few other ADHD advocates on FB and Instagram at the time saying that he clearly met the threshold for diagnosis but was just deeply in denial about it, and dragged a psychiatrist from the NHS who doesn't specialise in ADHD, but perhaps had an axe to grind against private practice, into his personal crusade to "prove" that he's not part of the daily medication mental health club
Great post. ASRS is not a simple "checklist" to be mentioned incidentally by the journalist. The BBC reported 1.5 million have ADHD: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44956540 Sounds reasonable. Panorama? The episodes opens with "thousands"
This program really angered me, I recently was assessed by adhd 360 my assessment took roughly 50 minutes they confirmed my diagnosis made by the nhs many years ago, he also didn’t mention when you get prescribed these stimulants such as elvanse they go through very rigorous monitoring (I was told to check my obs at least twice a week and upload at least two before my next appointment). ADHD360 has pretty much fixed my life, I’m happier, more focussed and productive. Prior to my assessment and after coming off of my medication 10 years ago I made several attempts at ending it all, I now have no thoughts like that so these private companies are literal life savers as I genuinely believe I was one more dismissal from employment before being successful with an attempt
Just a note about the informant...maybe it wasn't a woman at all...with Carson's honesty, it could have been a man (the voice was said to be done by an actor).
Sorry mis read the line where it said it was a non-amphetamine stimulant. The documentary strikes me as someone who went in with an idea of what he wanted to show and made the program show that.
Also I think notably, none of the 'bad diags' in the piece were actually confirmed as to whether they did, in fact, have ADHD.
A daughter diagnosed fast .... well, hypothetically, what if it had been absurdly obvious?
And likewise the reporter. I know he's 'sure' he doesn't have ADHD, but 80% of adults with ADHD don't actually know.
If I asked 4 doctors to diagnose me with something, and 3 said 'yes, you meet the criteria' and the only one that didn't was the one I primed to give me a negative diag... I'm really not sure I'd be trusting that one dissenting view!
If this reporter did, in fact, fill out an ASRS, meeting the DSM-5 ADHD diagnostic criteria, then he has ADHD, and the 'session' is actually more like a formality to assess whether he's right or not, or if there's other explanations.
And if he lied about it.... well, yeah. OK. Defrauding a doctor isn't exactly a 'big win' either, now is it?
Pretty sure he said in either the show or his article that his friends had been suggesting that he might have ADHD for months before he picked up this story.
I saw a few other ADHD advocates on FB and Instagram at the time saying that he clearly met the threshold for diagnosis but was just deeply in denial about it, and dragged a psychiatrist from the NHS who doesn't specialise in ADHD, but perhaps had an axe to grind against private practice, into his personal crusade to "prove" that he's not part of the daily medication mental health club
Great post. ASRS is not a simple "checklist" to be mentioned incidentally by the journalist. The BBC reported 1.5 million have ADHD: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44956540 Sounds reasonable. Panorama? The episodes opens with "thousands"
This program really angered me, I recently was assessed by adhd 360 my assessment took roughly 50 minutes they confirmed my diagnosis made by the nhs many years ago, he also didn’t mention when you get prescribed these stimulants such as elvanse they go through very rigorous monitoring (I was told to check my obs at least twice a week and upload at least two before my next appointment). ADHD360 has pretty much fixed my life, I’m happier, more focussed and productive. Prior to my assessment and after coming off of my medication 10 years ago I made several attempts at ending it all, I now have no thoughts like that so these private companies are literal life savers as I genuinely believe I was one more dismissal from employment before being successful with an attempt
Just a note about the informant...maybe it wasn't a woman at all...with Carson's honesty, it could have been a man (the voice was said to be done by an actor).
one very slight correction Concerta Xl contains methylphenidate it would still be classed as a stimulant.
Atomoxetine is the main non-stimulant medication for ADHD
Sorry mis read the line where it said it was a non-amphetamine stimulant. The documentary strikes me as someone who went in with an idea of what he wanted to show and made the program show that.